by Trent Sizemore | Dec 20, 2019 | Blog, Post Processing
All of the settings described below can be found in the “performance” tab of Lightroom preferences, or the Lightroom catalog settings. Build standard previews Standard previews are built to preview your photos in the Library module. If you give Lightroom a...
by Trent Sizemore | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog, Gear, Post Processing, Technique
Like anything, wildlife photography is full of misconceptions. New photographers see rules and guidelines from the experts, and believe they have to follow every last one or they won’t be a good photographer. Here are a few common beliefs that just aren’t...
by Trent Sizemore | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog, Gear, Post Processing, Technique
When you want to get closer to your subject, you have a few different options. Roughly from best to worst those are: getting physically closer, using a longer lens, using a teleconverter, using a crop sensor camera, or cropping in post processing. If none of the more...
by Trent Sizemore | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog, Post Processing, Technique
If you regularly edit images on a dark background, in Lightroom or another program, you may be leaving your images too dark (or too bright). See the image below, on a black background, where the image seems to be bright enough. Because you’re referencing against...
by Trent Sizemore | Oct 17, 2018 | Post Processing, Technique
When photographing scenes that are dark or high in contrast, your camera and post processing software may add more contrast than what you actually saw. This will cause the darkest areas to turn completely black with no detail. All the information is still there in...
